Possible nail-biting contest in Confiança - Botafogo SP game

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Competition: Brazil Serie C
Competition: Sat 04.June
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista (22000 seats)

Loyal fans at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista haven’t enjoyed many victories this season, with Confiança withering away in the 17th position. The guesting Botafogo SP will try to shield their higher league place in this one.

Insights:
  • Confiança have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Botafogo SP have scored more than double the goals of Confiança.

It's quite the trip for Botafogo SP when visiting Confiança as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

This has all the signs of an interesting game with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!

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Confiança form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Confiança have to build on here at Estádio Estadual Lourival Baptista in the Serie C.

The spoils were shared in Confiança's previous game, also at home. Visiting Aparecidense (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vitoria (0-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Confiança have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 0 and lost 7.

Confiança have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Confiança have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Botafogo SP form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C matches, Botafogo SP have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far. Botafogo SP seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Botafogo played 2-2 against Mirassol in their previous match. The draw against Mirassol came from a losing position. The Botafogo SP manager Baier brought on Michel as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Prior to that match, the Botafogo SP manager Baier faced defeat when travelling to Ferroviario and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Botafogo in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Botafogo SP, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

Botafogo SP find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. Botafogo SP have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Confiança one win, zero draws and Botafogo SP one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ConfiançaR. Gorne Silva
R. Gorne Silva
11 goals
ConfiançaD. Lorensi
D. Lorensi
2 goals

Confiança missing players

Botafogo SP missing players

Confiança Botafogo SP
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 2
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
3 3 1 Scored S 4 5 11
8 3 0 Conceded C 2 7 11
75% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
38% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
62% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
4.6 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 5.5 6.8
2.9 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.5 3.4
2.5 2.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 8 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 9.2
1.8 1.8 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.2 5.1
21% 43% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 27%
 
8.1 7.5 4 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 10.8 10.2
2.5 1.8 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Serie C this season:
  • Botafogo SP have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Botafogo SP have scored more than double the goals of Confiança.
  • Botafogo SP have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Botafogo SP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Confiança have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mirassol 8 5 2 1 12 8 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 17
2 ABC 8 5 1 2 11 6 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 16
3 Botafogo PB 8 5 1 2 9 6 4 3 1 0 6 3 4 2 0 2 3 3 3 16
4 Paysandu 8 4 3 1 16 7 5 4 1 0 14 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 9 15
5 Figueirense 8 4 3 1 10 6 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 1 3 0 3 2 4 15
6 Remo 8 4 1 3 12 9 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 1 0 3 3 5 3 13
7 Ferroviario 8 4 0 4 7 7 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 1 0 3 2 4 0 12
8 Manaus 8 3 3 2 5 5 4 2 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 0 12
9 Ypiranga Erechim 8 3 3 2 7 8 4 3 0 1 6 4 4 0 3 1 1 4 -1 12
10 Botafogo SP 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 0 11
11 Volta Redonda 8 3 1 4 13 10 5 3 1 1 11 4 3 0 0 3 2 6 3 10
12 EC Sao Jose 8 2 4 2 11 10 4 2 2 0 7 3 4 0 2 2 4 7 1 10
13 Vitoria 8 3 1 4 7 6 4 2 0 2 4 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 10
14 Floresta 8 3 1 4 5 8 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 0 3 4 7 -3 10
15 Aparecidense 8 2 3 3 8 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 1 2 2 5 5 0 9
16 Campinense 8 2 3 3 5 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 0 9
17 Confiança 8 1 3 4 3 8 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 0 1 3 0 5 -5 6
18 Altos 8 2 0 6 10 16 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 0 0 4 4 11 -6 6
19 Brasil de Pelotas 8 1 3 4 5 12 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 6
20 Uniclinic 8 1 2 5 3 14 4 0 1 3 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 10 -11 5

Read more about Serie C

The Campeonato Brasileiro Série C is the third tier of the Brazilian football league system. It is divided into two groups of ten teams, based on geographical location. The teams in each group play each other home and away, and the top four in each group meet in a playoff where all four semifinalists are promoted to Série B. The bottom two teams in each group are relegated.